The Rage of the Vulture

It is May 1908 and the Ottoman world is crumbling. Robert Markham, an Englishman in Constantinople, is newly posted to the British legation with his imperious wife and overly curious son. Markham's hidden life is about to make itself known as he forgets familial and patriotic ties in order to absolve a deep-seated guilt. Twelve years before, he had been involved with an Armenian woman. On the evening of their engagement, the Armenian massacres erupted. Saved by his British citizenship, he witnessed the brutal rape and murder of his fiancee. Amid the breakdown of the Turkish empire, he now seeks revenge.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/17/1995
ISBN: 9780393313086
Pages: 448
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.48w x 1.09d

Review Citations: New York Times 07/23/1995 pg. 20
Booklist 05/15/2002 pg. 1586
Publishers Weekly 05/22/1995